Cooperative management framework for inter-domain routing system

Abstract

The inter-domain routing system consists of many interconnected Autonomous Systems (ASes) which are independently operated and usually have different routing policies. Due to lack of effective coordinative mechanism, policy conflicts may arise, which can cause various problems in performance, security and robustness. To facilitate the collaboration among ASes, we propose an ISP-oriented inter-domain routing system cooperative management framework CMF based on the self-organization method. CMF provides fundamental support to the ISP's cooperation which includes organization structure, mechanisms and applications. CMF can help ISPs alleviate the side effect caused by the autonomy and selfishness of AS. The framework is generic solution, which can be used not only in inter-domain routing operation, but also in other related fields such as intrusion detection and network measurement. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.